"Once Upon a Time” Lasts Forever

A Slip of the Heart (3775 words) by opalmatrix
Fandom: The Dalemark Quartet - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Notes: Written for the inaugural round of The Exchange at Fic Corner
Summary: "Happily ever after" doesn't always come easy, especially for the guttersnipe from Holand and the miller's daughter from Ansdale.

Title: She's Not There
Author: opalmatrix
Fandom: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones
Warnings: Nothing
Rating: G
Word count: 984
Pairing(s): Abdullah/Flower-in-the-Night
Spoilers: for the end of Castle in the Air
Notes: Written for Minutia_R for Purimgifts. Title from the Zombies song, of course. Beta by smillaraaq
Summary: On a hot summer day, Flower-in-the-Night has a chilling experience.

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I got two lovely stories about Maree Mallory from Diana Wynne Jones' Magids series (Deep Secret and The Merlin Conspiracy) and very special Astronaut RPF about Judy Resnik, who died in the Challenger disaster. I think the Resnik story really helped heal something deep inside that I didn't realize still hurt from her death all those years ago.

My author was Vera (a/k/a copracat), and I thank her very much.

I wrote Lymond Chronicles for marina. This was an interesting challenge because she had only finished The Game of Kings and had just started Queen's Play - she hadn't read any of the rest of the series. I stalked checked out her DW account as well as her Dear Author letter for ideas, which was helpful in avoiding any spoilers about the rest of the story! smillaraaq was my Beta (I need to go back and edit my headers on AO3).

• With an F (rated G)
• Hazard (rated PG or T)
• Taken (rated G)